Seventeen straight titles.
It's almost incomprehensible.
But with a crushing 4-0 win over Purdue at the Ty Tucker Tennis Center Friday evening, the Ohio State men's tennis program clinched at least a share of its 17th consecutive Big Ten title.
Doubles pairs Robert Cash/Justin Boulais and Andrew Lutshaunig/J.J. Tracy earned 6-2 and 6-1 wins to claim the doubles point and get Ohio State out to a quick lead. No. 20 Cannon Kingsley wasted no time dispatching Purdue's Daniel Labrador, 6-1 and 6-4, No. 29 James Trotter rolled to a 6-1 and 6-0 win, and No. 46 Alexander Bernard dispatched Milledge Cassu 6-2 and 6-2 to complete the sweep in just one hour and 45 minutes of action.
Ohio State improved to a perfect 8–0 in the Big Ten and 16–0 at home (25–2 overall) this season. The Buckeyes welcome Indiana Sunday at noon. With a win against the Hoosiers, Ohio State will claim the Big Ten title outright.
With a win over Indiana Sunday, Ohio State turned their share of a Big Ten championship into an outright title.
2023 Big Ten Champions!!! pic.twitter.com/lvpFOpwahj
— Ohio State M Tennis (@OhioStateMTEN) April 23, 2023
The program's 17 straight titles are a new Big Ten record, eclipsing the previous conference record of 16 straight set by Michigan from 1968-1983.
The top-seeded Buckeyes will play the winner of the match between No. 8 Penn State and No. 9 Indiana Friday at 9 a.m. in Bloomington, Indiana, home to the 2023 conference championship.
